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Video: Battles f. Gary Numan, “My Machines”

Directorial duo DANIELS bka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert studied 3D Animation together at college in Boston. For their Creators Project-commissioned "My Machines" video, they treated a real man as a moving cartoon, tumbling him slowly down an up-moving escalator. The stunt was shot in an empty mall, straight on. Guest/"Cars" singer Gary Numan glides down into the atrium in his Saturday clothes, drops his bags and picks up his verse. It looks like the main cinematographic secret is that the falling dude has strong legs. Battles tour Europe and the US this fall in support of their experimental sophomore record Glass Drop. Check out September and October dates, below.